Exam 6: Files and Exceptions

If a file with the specified name already exists when the file is opened and the file is opened in 'w' mode,then an alert will appear on the screen.

A(n)__________ access file is also known as a direct access file.

The ZeroDivisionError exception is raised when the program attempts to perform the calculation x/y if y = 0.

Strings can be written directly to a file with the write method,but numbers must be converted to strings before they can be written.

When a program needs to save data for later use,it writes the data in a(n)___________.

Which mode specifier will open a file but not let you change the file or write to it?

When data is written to a file,it is described as a(n)__________ file.

Programmers usually refer to the process of __________ data in a file as writing data to the file.

A(n)__________ file contains data that has not been converted to text.

A single piece of data within a record is called a

When a file has been opened using the 'r' mode specifier,which method will return the file's contents as a string?

Which of the following is associated with a specific file and provides a way for the program to work with that file?

A(n)___________ access file retrieves data from the beginning of the file to the end of the file.

How many types of files are there?

Which method will return an empty string when it has attempted to read beyond the end of a file?

What will be the output after the following code is executed and the user enters 75 and 0 at the first two prompts?

Which method could be used to convert a numeric value to a string?

Closing a file disconnects the communication between the file and the program.

Which of the following describes what happens when a piece of data is written to a file?

An exception handler is a piece of code that is written using the try/except statement.